Tehrik-e-Jafaria

Tehrik-e-Jafaria Pakistan (TJP) is a Shia Islamist and far-right political party in Pakistan which was founded in 1979 by Arif Hussain Hussaini. Its creation coincided with the Islamic Revolution in Iran, and its leader Hussaini was a student of the Iranian Shi'ite leader Ayatollah Khomeini. Hussaini was assassinated by Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan in 1988, and support for the TJP fell after the downfall of Zia-ul-Haq's military dictatorship. On 12 January 2002, the TJP was banned by the government for its role in sectarian violence against Sunnis, but it formed a part of the Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal coalition.